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The JSPB Awards in 2024

The JSPB Award for Distinguished Research

Taku Demura (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Molecular basis of woody biomass biosynthesis and its applied development

Shuichi Yanagisawa (The University of Tokyo)
Elucidation of nitrate signaling mechanisms and development of a method to enhance nitrogen utilization

The JSPB Award for Technical Advance

Naonobu Noda, Satoshi Yoshioka, Masayoshi Nakayama, Mitsuru Douzono, Ryutaro Aida (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Development of blue chrysanthemum

The JSPB Award for Young Scientists

Masaki Endo (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Development of efficient and precise genome editing tools in plants

Atsuko Miyagi (Yamagata University)
Elucidation of the oxalate synthesis mechanisms using metabolome analysis

Mutsumi Watanabe (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Comparative analysis of nutrient deficiency responses in plant species

The JSPB Student Award

Karin Okazaki (Toyo University)
Studies on the mechanism of adventitious shoot formation in ipecac, a medicinal plant that propagates easily

Kosuke Kuwabara (Tohoku University)
Studies on cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restoration in tomato

The JSPB Excellent Paper Award

Plant Biotechnology 40(3): 211–218
Integrated gene-free potato genome editing using transient transcription activator-like effector nucleases and regeneration-promoting gene expression by Agrobacterium infection.
Naoyuki Umemoto*, Shuhei Yasumoto, Muneo Yamazaki, Kenji Asano, Kotaro Akai, Hyoung Jae Lee, Ryota Akiyama, Masaharu Mizutani, Yozo Nagira, Kazuki Saito, Toshiya Muranaka (*corresponding author)